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Construction and function of the web of Tidarren sisyphoides (Araneae: Theridiidae)
(2009)
In this paper, we describe the construction and function of the double sheet and tangle web of Tidarren sisyphoides (Walckenaer 1842). Web construction includes several stages: construction of the scaffolding that serves ...
Feeding by Philoponella vicina (Araneae, Uloboridae) and how uloborid spiders lost their venom glands
(2006)
Feeding by uloborid spiders is unusual in several respects: cheliceral venom glands are absent; prey wrapping is extensive (up to several hundred metres of silk line) and severely compresses the prey; the spider’s mouthparts ...
Historia natural y repertorio acústico del Sancuinclas (Pezopetes capitalis), ave endémica de Costa Rica y el oeste de Panamá
NATURAL HISTORY AND ACOUSTIC REPERTOIRE OF THELARGE-FOOTED FINCH (PEZOPETES CAPITALIS), AN ENDEMIC, HIGHLAND BIRD OF COSTA RICA AND WESTERN PANAMA
(2014)
El Sancuinclas es una especie endémica y un habi- tante común del sotobosque de bosques montanos y páramo en las tierras altas de Costa Rica y el oeste de Panamá. A pesar de ser una especie común, existía poca información ...
The mystery of how spiders extract food without masticating prey
(2006)
Standard accounts of how spiders obtain food without masticating their prey are probably largely wrong. Species in the families Uloboridae, Thomisidae, Araneidae and Theridiidae do not inject digestive fluid into the prey’s ...
Extreme Behavioral Adjustments by an Orb‐Web Spider to Restricted Spaces
(2012)
Adaptive flexibility in response to environmental variation is often advantageous and occurs in many types of traits in many species. Although the basic designs of the orb webs of a given species are relatively uniform, ...
Effect of fragmentation on the Costa Rican dry forest avifauna
(2016)
Deforestation and changes in land use have reduced the tropical dry forest to isolated forest patches in northwestern Costa Rica. We examined the effect of patch area and length of the dry season on nestedness of the entire ...
Natural History and Larval Behavior of the parasitoid Zatypota petronae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
(2007)
The koinobiont ectoparasitoid Zatypota petronae Gauld (Ichneumonidae) parasitizes medium-sized immatures of the cobweb spider Theridion evexum Keyserling (Theridiidae). Zatypota petronae apparently attacks the spider inside ...
Birds in Coastal and Marine Environments
(Springer Science & Business Media, 2009)
In Costa Rican coastal and marine environments (e.g., estuaries, mud- flats, islands, open ocean) 96 bird species have been recorded, 11% of the total avifauna in the country. This high diversity is primarily explained by ...
Do different methods yield equivalent estimations of brain size in birds?
(2020-08-31)
The ratio of brain size to body size (relative brain size) is often used as a measure of relative investment in the brain in ecological and evolutionary studies on a wide range of animal groups. In birds, a variety of ...
Characteristics of male Spot-bellied Bobwhite (Colinus leucopogon) song during territory establishment
(2012)
In song-learning birds, male song shows a large inter-individual variation that frequently plays an important role in intra- and inter-sexual selection. In other bird groups, such as Galliformes, song learning is absent, ...